Amboseli National Park, formerly Maasai Amboseli Game Reserve, is a national park in Loitoktok District in Kajiado County, Kenya. It is 39,206 ha in size at the core of an 8,000 km² ecosystem that spreads across the Kenya-Tanzania border. It harbours 400 species of birds including water birds like pelicans, kingfishers, crakes, hamerkop and 47 raptor speciā¦
Amboseli National Park, formerly Maasai Amboseli Game Reserve, is a national park in Loitoktok District in Kajiado County, Kenya. It is 39,206 ha in size at the core of an 8,000 km² ecosystem that spreads across the Kenya-Tanzania border. It harbours 400 species of birds including water birds like pelicans, kingfishers, crakes, hamerkop and 47 raptor species. The local people are mainly Maasai.
Location: Loitoktok District, Kajiado County, Kenya
Established: 1906; as a reserve · 1974; as a national park
Nearest city: Nairobi
Area: 392 km² (151 sq mi)
Visitors: 120,000 estimated (in 2006)
Governing body: Kenya Wildlife Service, Olkejuado County Council and the Maasai community
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